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InternetNews September 9, 2005 Roy Mark |
Tech's Dirty Little Recycling Secret Electronics manufacturers scramble to get Congress to preempt state laws targeting e-waste recycling. |
Smithsonian August 2005 Elizabeth Royte |
e-gad! Americans discard more than 100 million computers, cellphones and other electronic devices each year. As "e-waste" piles up, so does concern about this growing threat to the environment. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Tekla S. Perry |
Who Pays for E-Waste? The Washington Statute is by far America's most comprehensive e-waste law, and makes manufacturers responsible for the costs of recycling old electronics equipment in the state of Washington. |
Chemistry World July 13, 2011 Rajesh Parishwad |
Manufacturers targeted by India's e-waste laws In a bid to tackle this problem the government has enacted legislation that will systematize e-waste recycling and require manufacturers to reduce levels of hazardous chemicals in electronics. |
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark |
Tax Credits For Cutting 'E-Waste' The Electronic Waste Recycling and Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 establishes an $8 per unit tax credit for companies that recycle at least 5,000 display screens or computer system units per year. |
Science News February 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: Electronics Recycling The Electronics Industry Alliance's recycling Web site provides an online guide to electronics recyclers and disposal options across the United States. |
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Lorraine Woellert |
HP Wants Your Old PCs Back HP is pushing states to force recycling of TVs, computers, and other e-gear. Here's why. |
CIO April 15, 2003 |
Recycling Resources In addition to each state's department of environmental protection, there are several online databases that list local and regional electronics recyclers, as well as programs for educational donations |
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Recycling E-Waste Recycle your computers and electronics to cut down on toxins. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Kenji Hall |
Sony Likes The Yield From Its Junk In a turning point for tech, Sony finds a way to make money from used electronics. |
Home Theater December 29, 2009 Mark Fleischmann |
Recycle Wisely, Says CEA Post-holiday tips for disposing of discarded electronics. |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Alex Hutchinson |
Recycling By the Numbers: The Truth About Recycling What's the bottom line on the cost to recycle five different products from aluminum to polystyrene? |
Information Today February 11, 2014 Donovan Griffin |
Electronic Waste Hazards In 1989, countries from around the world gathered at the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to reduce the flow of hazardous waste from developed countries to underdeveloped countries. |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Nichole L. Torres |
Wiping the Slate Clean With the mountains of old cell phones, computers, TVs and various other outdated technological products piling up, savvy entrepreneurs are getting into the business of e-cycling. |
Fast Company September 2008 Melanie Warner |
Green Business: Plastic Potion No. 9 Recycling should be the easy way to get people involved in helping the environment. Too bad the businesses behind it are blowing it. |
CIO August 29, 2011 Elana Varon |
Why Companies Should Donate Used PCs Instead of Recycling When crafting your IT green efforts, it's a no-brainer to consider the greater good. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 |
Three Pathways to Greener IT There are plenty of ways for manufacturers to be green. |
CFO June 1, 2006 John Edwards |
Trash Talk New regulations could make E-waste disposal hazardous to corporate pocketbooks. |
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy |
How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Paul McFedries |
E-cycling E-waste Recycling old words to reprocess old electronics. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
PC Makers Get Green Computer manufacturers are stepping up their recycling, under pressure. |
PC World January 2005 Anne Kandra |
A Computer Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Hardware makers and other companies are helping to stem the flow of electronic waste. Many have established programs for consumers that offer incentives such as discounts on new purchases for customers who recycle. |
Inc. February 2005 Lora Kolodny |
A New Industry Dials Up Growth The cell phone industry exploded in the past 10 years, and now it appears that recycling cell phones could be the next big score -- driven by pollution fears. For entrepreneurs, the market opportunity could prove to be enormous. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Anders Bylund |
Gadgets, Gadgets, Who's the Greenest of Them All? Investors, here's how the planet's largest electronics manufacturers are living up to their environmental responsibilities. If you have a truly long-term investing horizon, you may do well to pay attention to these rankings and reports. |
Bank Technology News May 2010 |
Wells Fargo Joins E-Recyclers Wells Fargo has joined e-Stewards Enterprises, a group of companies that are dedicated to using electronic recyclers that meet globally agreed upon standards for recycling. |
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Jim Fisher |
Poison PCs Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills? |
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Stephen Cass |
Consumer Electronics Winners and Losers Tablets were the brightest spot in sales for the U.S. 2012 holiday season |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 |
Is Recycling Worth It? PM Investigates its Economic and Environmental Impact Almost overnight, it seemed, recycling was embraced by the public as a kind of all-purpose absolution for our environmental sins. |
Popular Mechanics November 10, 2008 |
Recycling Myths: PM Debunks 5 Half Truths about Recycling The dominant factor in virtually every case is the enormous amount of energy required to turn raw materials into metals and plastics compared to the energy needed to reprocess products that already exist. |
Home Theater June 29, 2007 |
Supreme Court Reconsiders Price Fixing The Supreme Court adopted a looser standard for price fixing yesterday, ruling that manufacturers may sometimes set minimum prices for products without violating antitrust statutes. |
Popular Mechanics August 13, 2008 Glenn Derene |
Recycle Your Television Now--Before It's Too Late: Buzzword It's clear that not enough Americans are recycling their televisions. What's not so clear is how "green" the recycling process has become. |
Chemistry World September 18, 2012 James Urquhart |
UN report urges chemical industry to clean-up Governments and industry worldwide must address the management of chemicals in order to curtail the escalating heath and environmental risks associated with the widespread production, use and disposal of chemicals, warns the United Nations Environment Program. |
Reason October 2002 Jeremy Lott |
History's Dustbin To help narrow an ever-widening budget deficit, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has scaled back his city's curbside recycling program. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Ben Elgin |
The Information Age's Toxic Garbage California could set the standard for dealing with discarded PCs. |
PC Magazine March 6, 2007 Dan Costa |
Buy A Dell PC, Plant A Tree Today, you can send any Dell PC back to the company for recycling without paying a penny. If you buy a new Dell, the company actually sends someone to pick up your old PC. |
Home Theater October 21, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
CEA Invites Consumers to Join New Consumer Technology Enthusiast designation created. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2002 Doug Bartholomew |
Beyond The Grave New regulations and concerns for the environment are prompting manufacturers to design products for easier recycling and remanufacturing... |
PC Magazine March 17, 2008 |
Measuring America's E-Waste Much of the tech trash we discard is conveniently shipped to countries like China, India, and Nigeria. But here's a look at the scale of the U.S.'s e-waste and how it could impact us. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2009 Peter Burrows |
Apple Launches Major Green Effort Apple is set to launch its most aggressive effort yet to counter green critics. It's being more forthcoming with environmental data - and working to change the terms of the debate. |
CIO April 15, 2003 Megan Santosus |
Rising Costs of High-Tech Garbage Companies must comply with hazardous waste regulations when they get rid of old PCs and CRT monitors. For larger companies, sending old PCs off to a hazardous waste facility can become a legal nightmare. |
IndustryWeek May 21, 2010 |
Manufacturers Can Be Both Earth-Friendly and Wallet-Friendly Achieving ROI from waste reduction efforts is still a major issue for corporate sustainability efforts. |
IndustryWeek October 21, 2009 Josh Cable |
IT Helps Firms Go Green, Save Money Solutions are becoming integral to manufacturers' efforts to comply with regulations, reduce carbon footprints. |
Entrepreneur November 2007 Lindsay Holloway |
Hello Again Their calling: Finding new homes for pre-owned cell phones. |
Entrepreneur October 2006 Amanda C. Kooser |
The Hard Cell The importance of recycling cell phones. |
InternetNews March 14, 2005 Tim Gray |
EBay Gets Greener eBay's Rethink Initiative, which links technology companies with government agencies, environmental groups and eBay users to promote environmentally sound recycling practices for technology products, will now add wireless industry leaders to the mix. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 Traci Purdum |
Manufacturers Are Seeing Bottom-Line Benefits Of Designing For the Environment For many manufacturers designing for the environment is a marketing coup. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Blue Chips Go Green The folks at sustainablebusiness.com just released a list of the 20 top sustainable companies. Read on for the list. |
Popular Mechanics January 13, 2009 Joe P. Hasler |
What's the Future of Recycling After the Market's Precipitous Plunge? When the global economy began its death spiral in September, it took the recycling industry down with it. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen |
HP Doubles Recycling Efforts To further encourage the recycling of unwanted computers and printers, Hewlett Packard Development Co. doubled the value of its return and recycling e-coupon for U.S. consumers during April of this year. |
PC World August 20, 2007 Narasu Rebbapragada |
How to Run a Green Office Going green is a hot business trend. Here are practical ways to conserve. |